As the fourth episode of The Tourist begins, a young Niamh (Maeve Smyth) opens a luggage. In the present, Niamh (Olwen Fouere) tells Tomasz (Raresh DiMofte) she is going for a walk. She retrieves the luggage and begins screaming. She buries it just like she did in the past. A young Niamh gets into a vehicle with a man who says his wife is pregnant. In the present, Elliot (Jamie Dornan) speaks to Frank (Francis Magee) on the phone. Frank calls him Eugene, but Elliot prefers the name Elliot. They begin talking about Fergal being Elliot’s son. Fergal doesn’t know that Donal is not his biological father. Frank makes it clear it is not Elliot’s place to tell him.
Elliot wants to speak to him, but Frank reminds him that he didn’t bother speaking to him back then. Frank offers to let him speak to Fergal if Elliot does something for him first. He explains that the cargo plane was carrying something his father sent him. Frank sent someone down to get it. He didn’t come back and he believes Niamh is the reason. If Elliot gets that item for him, he can have the father-son thing with Fergal. Elliot agrees to speak to Niamh about it. Frank confirms Elliot Stanley went down into the plane with Niamh. Ethan Krum (Greg Larsen) tells Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald) about mansplaining. Helen says she broke up with him so it is over. Elliot interrupts to tell Helen he has to go away.
Elliot borrows Ethan’s car. In the car, Helen tells Elliot about Niamh killing Briain. They talk about Elliot’s kid who is an idiot. Helen believes coming here was a mistake, but Elliot says they can’t keep running away. She asks Elliot about something they found in his rucksack. Detective Slater (Conor MacNeill) sits near Ethan and gets a drink. Slater says there is no coming back from this, but Ethan tries to convince him otherwise. Ethan offers to buy him a scotch. Donal goes home where he tells Claire that the moon is laughing at him. He asks her about bending over and letting Eugene Cassidy put his baby inside her. Claire (Siobhan O’Kelly) says he is upstairs before Donal slaps her.
Fergal walks in and learns that Donal isn’t his father. Niamh laughs when she learns that Elliot is Fergal’s father. At one point, Helen calls Niamh her mother-in-law. They tell Niamh that Frank wants something his dad sent him. Niamh says a guy got ahold of a bottle of Macallan Michael Dillon at auction that was worth seven figures. He called it a barley branch and extended it to Frank in hopes of finishing the family feud. They went fishing to discuss it. Frank smashed the bottle off the side of the boat and slit the man’s throat. That’s why her brother is not sitting with them. Outside, a man calls to let someone know they’re inside the house now. Niamh promises she didn’t take anything from Frank, but she insists she can find a way to help.
She offers to let them stay there for the night. In private, Helen complains about Elliot’s decision to stay. Helen thinks it might be a good idea to leave, but Elliot wants to get answers. Fergal talks to Claire about his dad. Claire insists Donal is still his dad and he is still a McDonnell. Fergal says he is not going tomorrow because he doesn’t need to learn Irish. A group of men is shown in the back of a vehicle. Elliot asks Helen about the ring. She says it is in the bag at the police station. Helen isn’t sure she’d know what she would say until he actually asks. Moments later, Niamh yells for them to have sex quieter. Seconds later, they learn that they have company. Before long, they were involved in a gunfight inside the house.
Niamh and the others catch up with Tomasz who says there are tens of them. Once they escape, Elliot and Helen wake up in a caravan. Claire talks to Fergal before dropping him off. She insists this is the best place for him right now since they’re going to stir things up. There is a war coming and this place will help Fergal find out who he is. Fergal goes inside and learns they’re only allowed to speak Irish, but he is unable to do that. He explains he is there because Frank wants him to reconnect with where he’s from although where he’s from is a lie. Niamh calls Monsieur Tiote and blames him for sending Frank’s people to his doorstep. Elliot and Helen learn that many people died last night. Niamh tells Elliot that Fergal is on the phone and he wants to talk to him.
Elliot admits he isn’t good at this sort of thing. They discuss the possibility of meeting without Fergal’s family knowing. Helen asks Niamh about Claire. Niamh tells Elliot he should take some of her people to be safe when he meets Fergal. Elliot refuses because he doesn’t want to spook Fergal. In the car, Helen and Elliot talk about why Elliot always thinks the worst of himself. He thinks she is trying to dig into his past to find a way to prove he is a good person and didn’t do those awful things. Elliot says people are dead because of his actions and nothing will change that. Frank talks to Claire and blames her for not keeping her legs closed. Frank says Fergal is a Cassidy although Claire thinks otherwise. He hopes she realizes people are going to hear about this.
Frank says Fergal has something to prove now. He says she shouldn’t be making too much of a racket since she played a big part in all of this. Helen wonders if it is a good idea for Elliot to meet Fergal. Elliot says Fergal is the reason he is alive. They get ready to approach Fergal until they see someone else with him. Elliot says the first thing his son did was sentence him to death. He believes Helen can’t accept who he is. They see a man nearby so Elliot approaches and grabs him. Helen gets his gun before Elliot takes it. They ask the man where Fergal is. They learn that Fergal is at The Mountcarrick Hotel. They lock the man in the boot of a car. Elliot tells Helen that he wouldn’t have killed him. Fergal is surprised to see Elliot outside. He approaches him outside to talk.
They agree to go inside to talk since it is raining. Donal lets the man out of the boot. Helen decides to step outside so Elliot and Fergal can talk privately. Fergal says Frank made him call even though he didn’t want to do it. Fergal asks if Elliot thinks they look alike. Elliot believes Donal is more of his dad. Elliot knows he hurt a lot of people, but he says he is different now. The person he is now wouldn’t run away from Fergal. He is trying to take responsibility for his actions. Outside, Donal pulls a gun on Helen. Elliot comes out surrounded by Frank’s men moments later. They’re driven to a secluded place. Elliot tries to convince Donal to let Helen go. Lena approaches them. Fergal continues his lessons. Lena admits she sent the letter. The photo was some guy Elliot went to school with.
She knew he wouldn’t be able to resist learning about his past. Lena wants Elliot to suffer like she did. She saw the people she loved die because of him. Lena wants to film this for Mila’s son since she died on the plane. Then, she shoots Helen.
The Tourist Review
This episode of The Tourist was the tipping point where I genuinely stopped caring about the story and the characters. The other episodes were ludicrous, but they weren’t necessarily boring. Unfortunately, this episode fits into the latter category. Really, this episode probably could’ve been skipped besides a few minutes here and there.
Even with the gun battles, the episode was dull. Not to mention the cop presence is pretty much nonexistent. After all, they’re having gun battles with countless deaths and the cops are nowhere to be found. Plus, the real gun battle wasn’t even shown on camera.
The relationship between Elliot and Helen doesn’t work because there is no chemistry there. It works in a sense of being cringe like the rest of the series so far but nothing more. One performance in particular is consistently bad because it is so far over the top. With two episodes left, this is going nowhere fast.
The episode scores a 4.5 out of 10. Recaps of The Tourist can be found on Reel Mockery here. Find out how to support our independent site at this link. Learn more about advertising with us here. Discuss this series and more with friends at the Reel Mockery Forum.
Jay Skelton is a fan of all television shows and movies. He tries his best to keep up with the latest foreign television shows and movies. Jay loves skinny dipping in the dark too.
